press pool

American  

[pres pool] / ˈprɛs ˌpul /

noun

• press pools
  plural

1. a group of news organizations that pool resources, such as personnel and equipment, to gather and distribute news among all members.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• press pooler
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• press pools
  plural

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Example Sentences

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press pool

“Members of the television press pool have boycotted covering White House events. Group boycotts among commercial competitors can violate the Sherman Act,” Justice Department spokeswoman Emily Covington said in a statement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

On a recent visit by the BBC, for example, reporters in the White House press pool were under strict instructions to avoid taking images in unauthorized areas or providing details on the camp's layout.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

CNN was scheduled to provide press pool coverage of Trump’s trip to Texas and Oklahoma on Thursday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Journalists wrist-slapped Barack Obama in 2010 after he briefly slipped the press pool in Washington to attend his daughter’s soccer game.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

Cameras from the now busy press pool in front of the hearing tables strobe-lit the room until every photographer had his first quota of shots.

From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Winn Schwartau

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